What you will need:
Cool color crayons, colored pencils, or (if you are brave) oil pastels: Blue, Green, Violet
(Use primary and secondary colors. I used Crayola Crayons)
White 12 x 18 drawing paper
Completed Example (DO NOT show this until you are done drawing with the students)
Do the Review/Prep Work
Review or teach cool colors: as listed above. I usually have objects or photos of objects in these colors. First graders love doing a color hunt: finding things around the room that are these colors.
Review shapes: Circle, Ovals, Rectangles, Triangles.
The Lesson
Pass out supplies. Students write name on one side of paper.
You will teach the lines as you draw. I tell the students: Vertical is like climbing a ladder; Diagonal is like going up a hill (on a motorcycle: VROOOOM) and Horizontal is like the sun going down or coming up over the horizon. LJGates2016
The drawing will be done from bottom to top. Students beginning in the middle or at the top won't have room for "feathers". Also drawing from bottom to top, they may guess what they are drawing.
Have the students use any of the 3 cool colors they want.
Have them DRAW with you as you draw on the your own paper secured on a whiteboard, overhead, or Elmo.
With the paper in VERTICAL (up and down) position, begin your drawing.
Draw a HORIZONTAL line about 1/3 of the way from the bottom of the page.
Next, draw TWO SETS of THREE TRIANGLES, separated out (these will be the feet).LJGates2016
On top of the triangles, draw TWO VERTICAL lines (for the legs).
Then, draw a medium-large CIRCLE (for the body).
Inside the CIRCLE, draw a medium OVAL (for the neck)
On top of the OVAL, draw a small CIRCLE (for the head) (Be sure to add two small filled-in CIRCLES for eyes; and a small TRIANGLE for the beak.)
For the feathers, draw approximately 13 DIAGONAL lines appropriately spaced.
For the spiral part of the feathers, teach students how to make a spiral. IF students have problems with the spiral, just have them draw a circle, and fill it with smaller circles. Make about 3 spirals per diagonal line.
Add about 3 short VERTICAL lines on top of head (for the crown).
You will end up (hopefully) with a cool colored spiraled peacock standing on the ground.
If you have time: Students can use the cool colors to COLOR in the peacock; add something in the foreground or sky (if they want).
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| Student Work (used with permission) |
